SBIR Phase II: Environmentally Benign Antifouling Coatings From Dendritic Nanotechnology

该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目旨在进一步开发技术，以制造第一种环境安全的聚合物涂层，该涂层可以成功防止水下人造表面上的水生生物污染。第一阶段研究清楚地表明，这些新型纳米结构树枝状聚合物涂层的独特蜂窝状结构不仅提供非常有效的防污保护，而且还防止环境污染。该计划的更广泛影响（商业意义）是将该技术直接应用于海洋和淡水环境中使用的船舶/船体涂层。 这些独特的纳米结构的水性涂料也有望在各种其他水基工业中具有非常广泛的影响和巨大的商业效应，从航运，渔业，旅游业和国防，到水力发电厂的能源生产，海岸线的保护，通过海水淡化或从生物污染物滋生的淡水来源生产饮用水。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to further the development of the technology to manufacture the first environmentally safe polymer coating that can successfully prevent aquatic biofouling on submerged man-made surfaces. The Phase I study clearly showed that the unique honeycomb-like structure of these novel nano-structured dendritic polymer coatings not only delivers very efficient anti-fouling protection, but also prevents environmental pollution.The broader impact (commercial significance) of the program is the immediate application of this technology to coatings for ship/boat hulls used in marine and fresh water environments. These unique nano-structured antifouling coatings are also expected to have a very broad impact and large commercial effect in a variety of other water-based industries, ranging from shipping, fishing, tourism and defense, to production of energy in hydroelectric plants, protection of shorelines, production of potable water by desalination of sea water or from biofoulant-infested fresh-water sources.